Nestled in a training zone of minor leagues far from the training fields for the great leagues of the Blue Jays players’ development complex, Ricky Tiedmann lowers his four -inch frame in a deep squat.
Singling a round on his surgically repaired left arm, the very classified perspective changes weight, loosen his hips and restores the pitch positions while he continues a slow accumulation for what he hopes to be a return to play at the end of the summer.
“I feel good. I feel new again,” said Tiedemann.
Southpaw, 22, underwent Tommy John surgery last July, a procedure that is generally accompanied by a recovery time of 12 to 14 months.
A return to 2026 is more likely for the fourth perspective of Toronto, which dazzled in the minor leagues since its selection by the Blue Jays in the third round of the 2021 draft.
“It’s always as soon as possible,” said Tiedemann about his return. “I have no appointment in my mind. That’s more what I’m feeling right now. I don’t want to look too far. When you look too far, you forget how things are going at the moment.
“You don’t want to do that. You want to take it one day at a time.”
For Tiedemann, the rehabilitation of injuries is a process that he knows well. He was struggling with various problems throughout his young career.
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The inflammation of the left biceps reduced the total Tiedemann rounds in 2023, when it launched 44 images at four levels of minor league. He was a launcher of the year in Arizona Fall League after withdrawing 23 throat in 18 sleeves.
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Tiedemann drew raves in the camp of major leagues last last spring and started the season in Triple-A Buffalo. The nervous inflammation in his left elbow forced her to the injured list in April.
He returned to the bison in July but left his first appearance after a round due to the constraint of the left forearm. Tiedemann was closed and operated this month.
Today more than seven months after its recovery, Tiedemann focuses on training and exercises when he finds strength and mobility. He will launch rubber balls on a padded wall in the installations of Dunedin, Florida, and will incorporate stretching, bodybuilding and pliometric exercises in his routine.
All this is part of a blocking process which will eventually see it throw a mound but requires patience along the way.
“It’s really long and really tedious,” said Tiedemann in a recent interview. “But when you think of the final goal and think of the little victories you have every day and every week, it’s huge for me.”
TIEDEMANN can hit 98 mph on the radar pistol and has a scanning cursor and an effective change. More than 41 career appearances in the minor league, it has an average of 3.02 made with 226 stick withdrawals and 68 walks in 140 rounds.
He has electrical things, but given his history of injuries, he will not be rushed.
“We are just going to take him as he comes with him,” said Blue Jays manager John Schneider. “We would like him to come back and pitch. This is an important moment for Rick in his career. You want him to come out and get this experiences and get the representatives.
“We will then see that he is getting closer.”
With the other prospects of Brandon Barriera and Landen Maroudis among those who have been operated, the team performance staff organized group meetings for the players.
“These are all the guys on the elbow,” said Tiedemann. “We are all going to a room every few weeks and let’s talk about what we have experienced. The guys who are in front of us are there (for) questions, so that you can really cut it with these guys and see how they feel.
“So you know you don’t live something unique for you. If you feel something, it’s something that everyone has experienced. It’s good because it relieves the mind of everyone from stress and anxiety.”
The Blue Jays have a heavy rotation of the veterans this season which includes Jose Berrios, Kevin Gausman, Chris Bassitt and Max Scherzer, who has treated an inch in the past in recent days.
Bowden Francis and Yariel Rodriguez are other contenders for a team of five men who will be finalized before the opening of the season of March 27 against the Baltimore visiting.
Righting Alek Manoah, who underwent surgery last June to repair his right -up collateral ligament, started launching a mound last week. It aims for a return in August.
Tiedemann hopes to follow a similar path which may seem back before the fall.
“All that is still good,” he said with a smile. “I feel stronger than ever.”
This Canadian press report was published for the first time on March 18, 2025.
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